Birmingham Belt R. Co. v. Bennett

This action was brought by Mrs. Eileen Bennett, as administratrix of the estate of George Bennett, deceased, under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 USCA §§ 51-59) for the death of the said George Bennett.

The defendant, in the action, the Birmingham Belt Railroad Company, at the time the plaintiff’s intestate received his fatal injuries, was engaged in interstate commerce,, and the said Bennett was an employee of the defendant, and, as such, was engaged in placing a box car, which was moving in interstate commerce over defendant’s line of railway, on one of its side tracks. This car…